Senate-confirmed officials are departing the second Trump administration at record rates—and with the president making historically few nominations to replace them, more of the government is left in ...

As a valued member of our donor community, you are invited to join members of our Public Policy and Stakeholder Engagement team for a virtual briefing on Thursday, October 29. Hear what the team is ...

Join us on Nov. 4, 2026 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. EST for this year’s SAGE induction. We will bring the community together to welcome our newest SAGEs and hear from a panel of recently departed federal ...

Twenty-five years ago, the Partnership for Public Service set out with a big ambition of making our government work more effectively for the American people. I’ve had the privilege of leading this ...

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Government plays a vital role in our lives. It protects our food and water, forecasts the weather, enables safe travel, manages care for veterans, oversees the economy, responds to natural disasters, ...

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On Inauguration Day in 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Office of Personnel Management and other federal agencies to take the radical step of removing long-standing ...

This analysis sheds light on our nation’s federal civilian workforce during the Trump administration. What changes occurred throughout the administration’s four years? Did past trends continue or ...

Editor’s note: This analysis was updated on Aug. 12, 2026, to account for the impact of the fiscal year 2026 government shutdowns on the timing of semiannual report releases and to revise the ...

Since his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has undertaken the most radical transformation of the federal government in over a half-century, arbitrarily slashing the federal ...

When you think of the federal government, you probably think of Washington, D.C. Indeed, the nation’s capital is home to the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court and many federal agency ...